BTO is a fancy young gelding who will first catch your eye with all his chrome and then will keep your attention with is athletic ability.  He has been lightly worked with on the ground and accepts new things in stride including lunging, bathing, farrier etc.  BTO free jumps in super technique with the scope to go all the way just like his sire.  His movement is free with a powerful trot, an excellent balanced canter that has good ground cover and ample suspension.  BTO is a very well balance young horse with a beautiful top-line, very good shoulder and saddle position and a very strong hind end connection all which will be assets when he is going under saddle. He has the looks and athletic ability to be a superstar in any arena.  He should mature around 16.3hh.

BTO is by Tacorde who is just starting his Grand Prix jumping career with top placings in the 1.4m this spring. 

BTO is out of the imported Keur Preferent Ilobria who is the dam of Tempranillo and Anthony as well as many very successful sport horses in both the jumping and dressage arenas.  She herself competed to 1.3m jumpers as well as third level dressage before being imported from Holland.  Ilobria is an elegant mare who produces beautiful offspring that are very confident and love to be worked with.  She comes from a successful dam line full of Keur, Preferent mares.

Video from May 08 free jumping and moving